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Capt John Pitts

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Capt John Pitts

Birth
Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA
Death
1781 (aged 40–41)
Effingham County, Georgia, USA
Burial
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Captain John Pitts

Birth 29 Nov 1740 in Isle Wright, Virginia, United States
Death 1787 in Effingham, Georgia, United States

Capt. John Pitts commanded a company in 1780 in Col. Samuel Jarvis 1st North Carolina regiment.He mar.in SC.Frances Griffin.They lived in SC.and then moved to Effingham,GA.He was killed in 1787 by " Tory Bushwhackers" beaten to death with a lighter knot and left dead on the Ogeechee River. (taken from the Daughters of the American Revolution).
Captain John Pitts

Birth 29 Nov 1740 in Isle Wright, Virginia, United States
Death 1787 in Effingham, Georgia, United States

Capt. John Pitts commanded a company in 1780 in Col. Samuel Jarvis 1st North Carolina regiment.He mar.in SC.Frances Griffin.They lived in SC.and then moved to Effingham,GA.He was killed in 1787 by " Tory Bushwhackers" beaten to death with a lighter knot and left dead on the Ogeechee River. (taken from the Daughters of the American Revolution).

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cenotaph - his burial location is unknown.



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